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echo: wperfect
to: HERB PALM
from: AUKE REITSMA
date: 1996-07-30 19:34:00
subject: Cold Reboot Software??

Hi Herb,
On 28 Jul 96, 08:47, Herb Palm wrote to Frederick Sohn
 HP> I built Gary Cooper's 4 byte REBOOT.COM and it works great, BUT
 HP> it doesn't "COLD" reboot. By definition from my computer
 HP> dictionary, a COLD reboot is "A system start-up initiated by
 HP> turning on the system's power switch." This must be equivelent to
 HP> CTRL/ALT/DEL, defined as a WARM boot.
 HP> I have yet to see software that is capable of cycling off/on the
 HP> power switch for a COLD BOOT.  Even a RESET, another form of
 HP> WARM boot, requires the pressing of the RESET button.     Herb.
COLD BOOT: everything goes identical to a power on / power off cycle
WARM BOOT: same, but no memory check.
Greetings from
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